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STANDING ON A CORNER CHEWING BUBBLE GUM, ALONG CAME A BEGGER AND ASKE
ME FOR SOME.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SUSIE AND TOMMY SITTING IN A TREE, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. FRIST COME LOVE,
THEN COMES MARRIAGE. THEN COMES TOMMY WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MAMA HAD A BABY
NOT A BOY, NOT A GIRL.
JUST A LITTLE BABY.
WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE PAPER
SEND IT UP THE ELEVATOR
FIRST FLOOR MISS
SECOND FLOOR MISS
THIRD FLOOR MISS
FOURTH FLOOR THERE IS NO MORE
KICK IT OU THE ELEVATOR DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MINNIE, MINNIE HA, HA
WENT FOR HER PA, PA
PA PA DIED
MINNIE CRIED
MINNIE HAD A BABY
CALLED IT TINY TIM
PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB
TAUGHT IT HOW TO SWIM
DRANK UP ALL THE WATER
ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
HE DIED THAT NIGHT
WITH A BUBBLE IN HIS THROAT.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR
IN CAME THE NURSE
IN CAME THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
OUT WENT THE DOCTOR
OUT WENT THE NURSE
OUT WENT THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MOTHER, MOTHER, I AM SICK
SEND FOR THE DOCTOR, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5718 LOOPER
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
ICKY BICKY SODA CRACKER
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER LIVE ACROSS THE STREET.
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT:
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY--
ICKY BICKY SODA CRACKER
ICKY BICKY BOO
ICKY BICKY SODA CRACKER
I HATE YOU}
Submitter comment:
THIS JUMPING RHYME HAS ALSO BEEN CHANGED TO A MORE FAVORABLE
CIRCUMSTANCE ENDING, "I LOVE YOU".
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
ONE, TWO, THREE,
MOTHER CAUGHT A FLEA;
FLEA DIED
AND MOTHER CRIED.
ONE, TWO, THREE
Submitter comment: ANOTHER JUMP-ROPE RHYME OF 6 YEAR OLDS.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER
LIVE ACROSS THE STREET
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY.
YOUR OLD MAN IS A DIRTY OLD MAN
HE WASHES HIS FACE IN A FRYING PAN
HE COMBS HIS HAIR WITH THE LEG OF A CHAIR
YOUR OLD MAN IS A DIRTY OLD MAN.
Submitter comment: FROM CHILDHOOD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
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JUMP ROPE JINGLE
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
1819 BROADWAY STREET.
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY:
ACKA BACKA SODA BACKA
ACKA BACKA BOO
IF YOUR FATHER CHEWS TOBACCA
HE'S A DIRTY JEW.
OUT GOES YOU}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; CHARACRER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001949-1955
ROPE JUMPING RIME
MY MOTHE SENT ME TO THE STORE
AND TOLD ME WHAT TO BUY
(CAN'T REMEMBER THE INTERVAL)
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEACHES, I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEARS,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS FIFTY CENTS
AND KICKED HIM DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN HAMMOND, INDIANA GRADE SCHOOL)
(ED. NOTE: THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SWEETENED STORY VERY SIMILAR TO ONE
FOUND IN DEEP DOWN IN THE JUNGLE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
1819 BROADWAY STREET
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER, ACKRA, BACKRA BOO
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER OUT GOES YOU}
Submitter comment:
I WOULD USE THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I TOLLD JUMP ROPE IN THE
1950'S9
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17450 BARLOW ; TOLD IN ; NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
JUMP ROPE RHYME
"MRS. LUCY HAD A BABY,
SHE CALLED IT TINY TEARS.
SHE PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF IT COULD SWIM.
INSTEAD THE BABY DRANK THE WATER
AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP}
MRS. LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSE:
MRS. LUCY CALLED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
MEASLES SAID THE DOCTOR
MEASLES SAID THE NURSE;
MEASLES SAID THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1969
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MISS LUCY HAD A BABY
HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER
AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
HE TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT
MISS LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR
THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE
THE NURSE CALLED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
OUT CAME THE DOCTOR, OUT CAME THE NURSE
IN STAYED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-19-1971
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MY MOMMY TOLD ME IF I WAS GOODIE
SHE WOULD BUY ME A RUBBER DOLLIE
MY AUNTIE TOLD HER I KISSED A SOLDIER
NOW SHE WON'T BUY ME A RUBBER DOLLIE
Submitter comment: PLAYED BY INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5776 WHITTIER
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
MINI, MINI, HA, HA
HAD A PAPA,
PAPA DIED, MINI CRIED.
MINI HAD A BABY
NAMED IT TINY TIM;
PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF IT COULD SWIM.
IT DRANK UP ALL THE WATER,
IT ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
MINI SAID, "I DON'T WANT THE DOCTOR,
I DON'T WANT THE NURSE.
I WANT THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
JUMP ROPE RHYME
(NAME) TWO BY FOUR,
COULDN'T FIT THRU THE BATHROOM DOOR.
DID SOME ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR,
LICKED IT UP AND IID SOME MORE.
LICKED IT UP AND DID SOME MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST 201
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
GOOD GIRL RHYME
(NAME) IS A GOOD GIRL, SHE GOES TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY,
SHE ASKS THE LORD TO GIVE HER STRENGTH TO CHASE THE BOYS ON MONDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED TO SING THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE WHEN SHE WAS A
YOUNG GIRL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5931 LOLA
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
JUMPROPE-STEAMBOAT
(ANYONE'S NAME) HAD A STEAMBOAT
THE STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL
THE STEAMBOAT WENT TO HEAVEN
(SAME NAME) WENT TO HELL---O OPERATOR
GIVE ME NUMBER 9, IF IT DOESN'T ANSWER
PLEASE REFUND MY DIME.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-24-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
NEBACADONASOR, KING OF THE JEWS
BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR,
HE BOUGHT HIS WIFE ANOTHER PAIR.
HOW MANY PAIRS DID HE BUY)
Submitter comment: (BEGIN COUNTING TILL THE PERSON JUMPING MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-19-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT
BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
A PICKLE AND A LEMON
CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS
TO LET THEM IN
AND THEY HIT ME ON THE HEAD
WITH A ROLLING PIN
Submitter comment: INFORMANT PLAYED TO THIS RHYME.
Where learned: TOLD AT ; Y HOUSE
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970